Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski announces he is making a free-to-play shooter with Nexon

One of the people primarily responsible for bringing on an era of third-person cover shooters in triple-A gaming is going indie and free-to-play.

Cliff Bleszinski revealed today that his new studio, Boss Key, is making a sci-fi arena shooter for the PC called Blue Streak. His team is partnering with global publishing company Nexon on the project. The company isn’t sharing any other details on Blue Streak at this time, but Bleszinski did promise to reveal gameplay footage in the near future.